Play to Win, Not to Settle for Ties

Chad Ocho Cinco has been deactivated for tonight's game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Rumor has it that Chad made a comment about how the team should play to win and not settle for a tie, but Chad's reps could not be reached for comment and the Bengals refuse to make another statement until after the game.

He does, however, make a good point. There were many occasions in the game verses Philly where Marvin Lewis and the coaching staff played it way too safe. As my dad put it during the game, they were "playing like they're not trying to lose, but not trying to win either." I guess their scheme worked to their advantage since they clearly wanted to tie. The Bengals need to take chances. What do we have to lose now? Besides chances at a higher draft pick? Like that'll do any good anyway, since Mike Brown is still in charge; we're going to lose games regardless until he's gone.

I can't really fathom why our organization cannot properly punish criminals (let alone re-sign them!), and choose to suspend a guy who is just trying to win games. I side with Chad in his struggle.